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A true gourmand (with feathers) can struggle sometimes to find enough new tasty dishes to satisfy his sensitive palate. This can be especially problematic when your large featherless personal assistant is neither talented nor inventive in the kitchen. Luckily, sometimes you can find a kindred spirit elsewhere – such as in your Grandma (aka theContinueContinue reading “Day 190: Cod! Take 2”

Sometimes the large featherless beings eat a dish they call “leftovers.” Oddly, these dishes always seem to taste exactly like the ones they served the day before. But sometimes when you especially liked that dish, you might decide to join in again. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts  

As a small (very cute) flocking being, you always prefer group dining to solo whenever possible. This also allows you to try out more new dishes than you might be able to do otherwise. Your natural cuteness makes it easy to share others’ dinners – all you need to do is walk right up andContinueContinue reading “Day 188: Group Dining”

For some beings (mostly the ones without feathers), the arrival of Easter annually holds great religious or spiritual significance. For other beings (with feathers), it is obvious what – who – this holiday is really all about. HAPPIEST EASTER to you and your feathery (and featherless) celebrants from Pearl and his oh-so-proud Mommy! Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author:ContinueContinue reading “Day 187: Easter!”

Neck feathers are an important part of every day. They are so important, as a matter of fact, that the paparazzi are given very limited access to document your private neck feather scratching sessions. While there are many things your large featherless assistant does not excel at, she just happens to be excellent at scratching neckContinueContinue reading “Day 186: Neck Feathers”

Even before spring arrives in earnest, it is never too early to begin foraging for prime nesting sites and comfy nesting material. This is especially true if you are male, have feathers, and are very fetching. Also, because you just never know when you will meet a lady bird, you might want to prepare nests inContinueContinue reading “Day 185: Nesting Material”

When you are extremely cute and loud and you have feathers, from time to time your Mom might take you to spend a whole day with the Tall Tree and the Small Tree (aka your grandparents, aka the biggest marshmallows for feathers on the planet). In the Tall Tree and the Small Tree’s house, there isContinueContinue reading “Day 184: the Tall Towel Tree”

Every being has preferences. For instance, when you have no feathers, you might prefer a computer keyboard that is free from cockatiel poop. (Weird, but there you have it.) And if you have feathers, you might prefer never to encounter a Q-tip. Q-tips are what your mom uses to swab your left wing when you’veContinueContinue reading “Day 183: Death to Q-tips”

I only just recently got a chance to watch “Parrot Confidential,” a PBS expose on the life of captive parrots. But I had already been hearing about the program for many months, all the while awaiting my opportunity to view it with equal parts eagerness and trepidation. I say this because, as a (slavishly) devotedContinueContinue reading “PBS: Parrot Confidential”

Little kids enjoy playing a game called “King of the Mountain.” They think it is fun to scamper up a hill and fight off marauders so they can claim the hill for their very own. What is even more fun, however, is to play a new and improved game called “King of the Cage.” WhileContinueContinue reading “Day 182: King of the Cage”